Dr. Michael Q. Watson

Funeral Mass for Dr. Michael Q. Watson, age 78 of Seminole, Texas, will be celebrated Monday, March 9, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church with Father Eduardo Teo officiating. Burial will follow in Gaines County Cemetery. Rosary will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at the church. All services are under the direction of Boyer Funeral Home. The family will receive visitors at the funeral home on Saturday evening, March 7, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Michael Watson was born on November 28, 1947 in Lexington, Kentucky to Margaret (Quealy) and James Arthur Watson. The oldest of six children, he was smart, charismatic, and mischievous. He was a member of St. James Catholic Church and had lived and worked in Seminole since 1994. Dr. Watson held four degrees, a B.S. in Chemistry, an M.S. in Biochemistry, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering, and an M.D. in Medicine at Tulane University. It was in medicine that he found his true calling. Dr. Watson never gave up on any of his patients. He was an iconoclast who worked for his patients despite the healthcare industry, attacking problems with insight and creativity. He was not interested in following healthcare norms if they were not in the best interest of his patients.

Dr. Watson had an inquisitive mind, wanting to understand how things worked from his earliest days. He built his first engine in second grade and was always building and fixing things. He was an avid tennis player and loved to canoe. On weekends, he could be found at the tennis court hitting balls with players half his age, or at his ranch in Junction, paddling the South Llano. As a young man, Dr. Watson designed, built, and raced wood and fiberglass canoes. In 1979, a young Mike Watson set the one-man record in the Texas Water Safari-the world's toughest canoe race-in a canoe that he had built himself.

Dr. Michael Q. Watson passed away at his home on February 28, 2026, surrounded by loving friends and family. He was preceded in death by his father. He is survived by two sons, Michael Quealy Watson of Portland, Maine and Patrick Davis Watson and wife Perri of Austin, Texas; two daughters, Mary Virginia Watson of Oakland, California and Anna Margaret Sindelar and husband David of San Diego, California; his mother, Margaret Quealy Watson of Sugarland, Texas; three brothers, Arthur Watson and wife Charleen of Sugarland, Texas, Joseph Watson and wife Mary of Houston, Texas, and Walter Watson and wife Ilene of Manhattan Beach, California; two sisters, Mary Carrano of Ramona, California and Lucy Sawczyn and husband Charles of Irving, Texas; and two grandchildren, Virginia and Orion Sindelar. Dr. Watson is also survived by his office staff, who were like family to him: Sofia Bates, Claudia Vela, Karina Bernal, Sandra Tagle, and Desiree Alvidrez; as well as his best friend, Jon Key.